Chapter 451: Taking Turns to Work

Lu Yang politely declined the Sword Tower's treacherous invitation. As she had said, Senior Sister wrote a letter at a side table, suggesting that Taoist Buyu take a trip to Jizhou.

"Senior Sister, can you find Master?" Lu Yang suddenly remembered that his master, known for his elusive nature, had enemies scattered across the world, making his whereabouts nearly impossible to track.

"Yes."

As she spoke, the letter for Taoist Buyu was completed. Senior Sister calmly folded the envelope into the shape of a paper crane.

Senior Sister picked up the paper crane and gently blew on it. The paper crane's eyes gleamed with life, its wings fluttered, and it flew out of the chamber.

"What is this...?" Lu Yang had never seen such a spell before.

"It's a minor spell I created in my free time to pass the time. I call it the Paper Folding Art," Senior Sister said casually.

Lu Yang gasped. Creating a spell just to pass the time? How was that even possible?

Was the disparity between people really that vast? His way of passing time was listening to Immortal Fairy recount ancient, dark history.

While Lu Yang had previously been hesitant to listen too much to Immortal Fairy's tales of ancient dark history, fearing that ancient immortals might conspire to eliminate him, he was now completely fearless.

There was no need to fear; if the matter were to leak, he would certainly be eliminated.

He was dead either way, so what was the harm in listening to a few more stories?

"It's just creating a spell; it's no big deal," Immortal Fairy said, feeling Lu Yang was too inexperienced. What was so difficult about creating a spell?

"I could create spells even in the Golden Core stage; the Feign Death Spell was invented back then. Follow my lead and learn well, and you can create spells too!"

Faced with Immortal Fairy's empty promises, Lu Yang kept his distance, feeling no temptation whatsoever.

What was the use of the Feign Death Spell? He might as well create a Water Evasion Spell!

Lu Yang continued reviewing the documents.

The elders were all complaining about their financial straits, demanding more spirit stones. The First Elder claimed the Mission Hall needed more spirit stones for task rewards. The Second Elder stated there weren't enough spirit stones to maintain the medicine garden's formations. The Third Elder lamented that he, as a master, wasn't even as wealthy as Meng Jingzhou...

These all seemed like legitimate reasons, and Lu Yang was unsure how to make a decision—whether to refuse them or allocate the funds.

"Leave this matter to me." Senior Sister proactively took the documents detailing the elders' financial complaints, deeming Lu Yang too inexperienced to handle such matters yet.

Lu Yang thought to himself, it seemed that navigating the elders required a certain skill set. He was still too young and hadn't yet grasped the complexities of their relationships or how to deal with them. He needed to learn more from Senior Sister.

Then, to Lu Yang's astonishment, he watched Senior Sister write two words at the conclusion of the document: "Denied."

Senior Sister was concerned that Lu Yang was too soft-hearted and would be embarrassed to refuse directly.

After a long and continuous effort, Lu Yang finally finished processing all the documents. He let out a long breath and leaned back in his chair.

"Whew—it's finally all done."

As he processed the documents, he felt no exhilaration from wielding power; instead, he simply found the immortal's trial incredibly difficult.

Fortunately, he had now passed this trial without a hitch.

"Let me take over! Let me take over!" Seeing that the arduous task was completed, Immortal Fairy possessed Lu Yang, eager to go out and strut about, flaunting her power.

"Perfect. Now that the documents are handled, it's time to sort out the invitation list for the sect's celebration." Senior Sister looked expressionlessly at Immortal Fairy, who had taken control of Lu Yang's body.

Immortal Fairy was speechless.

"I've been working for so long already; I haven't even had time to rest!" Immortal Fairy pouted indignantly at Senior Sister, though the expression looked somewhat incongruous on Lu Yang's face.

Senior Sister was unmoved. She saw through Immortal Fairy's little trick at a glance: "Lu Yang was the one processing the documents just now. Now it's your turn."

Immortal Fairy's face broke into an ingratiating smile as she looked at Lu Yang. "Lu Yang, shall I return your body to you?"

Lu Yang was unmoved. He saw through Immortal Fairy's feigned smile at a glance.

Immortal Fairy had no other choice. Dejected, she could only diligently begin filtering the list.

"These are all the Super-grade and First-grade sects registered with the Imperial Court."

Senior Sister had already prepared a comprehensive list.

The Imperial Court and the Four Great Immortal Sects were certainly to be invited.

Immortal Fairy counted the sects on the list: "Eight Super-grade sects and one hundred and sixteen First-grade sects."

This meant that besides the Five Great Immortal Sects, there were eight other sects with Grand Cultivators at the Tribulation Transcending stage presiding over them.

"Wait, no, it's nine now. The Corpse Driving Sect is also considered a Super-grade sect."

The Sect Leader of the Corpse Driving Sect had barely managed to elevate their sect into the ranks of Super-grade sects.

The number of Super-grade sects rarely changed even over several centuries. The list Senior Sister had provided was compiled just last month, making it theoretically the most up-to-date.

The Sect Leader of the Corpse Driving Sect had, by chance, been compelled to achieve a breakthrough shortly after the list was made.

Lu Yang calculated the current known number of Tribulation Transcending stage cultivators: a minimum of five from the Five Great Immortal Sects, and eight from the eight Super-grade sects.

The Imperial Court undoubtedly had many more; there were four Tribulation Transcending stage generals guarding the borders, one of whom Lu Yang had seen at the conclusion of the Hanshui City incident.

Furthermore, the Imperial Court had dispatched a Tribulation Transcending stage cultivator when annihilating the Immortal Cult headquarters.

The Imperial Court's Luoshui Guard, specialized in handling ancient cultivators, surely possessed Tribulation Transcending stage Grand Cultivators, and certainly more than one.

These were only the openly known figures. There were undoubtedly more hidden Tribulation Transcending stage cultivators, who, with the exception of the Corpse Driving Sect Leader, were all of extremely high seniority and generally did not intervene.

"The nine Super-grade sects must be invited. These one hundred and sixteen First-grade sects, however, need to be screened..." Senior Sister patiently instructed Immortal Fairy on how to go about screening them.

Immortal Fairy was extremely clever and quickly thought of a screening method: "Should we exclude all those who hold grudges against Taoist Buyu?"

Her idea was well-intentioned: if a multitude of those who harbored grudges against Taoist Buyu were invited, the celebration wouldn't proceed smoothly.

"Then there would be no sects left to invite."

"Alright," Immortal Fairy conceded, her attempt failing before it even began.

With Senior Sister's direct guidance, Immortal Fairy quickly compiled an invitation list according to her instructions.

"Regarding Second Senior Brother's matter, ask Senior Sister how to handle it." Lu Yang had just remembered that while Senior Sister was away, he had received a complaint from the Golden Buddhist Nation concerning Second Senior Brother, and he didn't know how to respond.

Immortal Fairy fumbled to pull out a document from the very bottom of the pile.

Senior Sister opened it, scanned it quickly, and understood immediately. "Ah, so it's Second Junior Brother's antics again."

"What should we do about it?"

"It's nothing; this isn't the first time Second Junior Brother has done something like this. The Buddhist Nation has complained before; just ignore it."

Immortal Fairy hummed in acknowledgment and wrote on the reply to the Buddhist Nation: "Ignore him."

Lu Yang regained control of his body. He had read the official document describing the Six-Zhang Golden Body as majestic and awe-inspiring, and he felt immensely envious. "By the way, Senior Sister, can I learn the Six-Zhang Golden Body?"

During battle, with a thunderous roar, the Six-Zhang Golden Body would rise from the ground, majestic as a deity, solemn as a great Buddha, sweeping through thousands of foes.

Just thinking about it felt incredibly awesome!

"You can try."